Originally Posted by Migraine

I joined a Gun Club 20 years ago
Mostly as I wanted a decent place to hunt waterfowl and upland birds
Not greatest for either one ,but it is only 10 miles from my house

Well the club has 400 acers of upland fields where we release Quail , Chucker and Pheasants for hunts

These are pen raised birds
But they do fly well and taste good

Well fast forward to now
I had a nasty fall at work and now I am disabled
So I hunt as much as possible between Migraines and other headaches

I went out to the clubs marsh this morning to do some Canada Goose hunting

About 10 AM I decided to change and do some pheasant hunting
As there was a release & hunt last Saturday and I had been hearing some pheasants in a field close to the area I was goose hunting

I put the geese in my truck and put on a orange vest

My lab new what I wanted , he has been trained for upland hunting also
But since I was the only person there
I figured I would make this a easy hunt
As these were pen raised ,and had been fed by people
So the pheasants are not a real high IQ group

I loaded my shotgun and grabbed my secret hunting tool
A metal coffee can with a hand full of corn in it

I had my lab heel and went to a lane running through a 40 or so acer field of switch grass
I rattled the coffee can and just stood there

About 5 min later the first pheasant walked onto the lane about 25 yards away
I told my lab to "Hunt" and he started moving in the direction of the pheasant
1/2 way there a different pheasant flushed and it was a easy shot

In the next hour I harvested 6 pheasants and a chucker
These a released birds on a our club land
So there is no limit and we can harvest both hens and cocks

So if you hunt a area that has released pheasants
Give the birds a few days to relax after the normal hunt after the birds are released
Then try a low pressure hunt

John